Countries
Thailand
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
gafare
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
gafare
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Not Available
  
French Name
thaï
  
moré
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Mossi
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Mossi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Mossi language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Mossi Difficulty
The Thai vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Mossi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.